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DENVER, CO - December 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- After deliberating for less than four hours, a federal court jury found Vicki Dillard Crowe, aka Vicki R. Dillard, age 32, of Denver, guilty of mail and wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney John Walsh, FBI Special Agent in Charge James Yacone and U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Oscar Villanueva announced. Crowe pocketed close to $1,000,000 during the course of her fraudulent scheme. The jury trial, heard before U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger, lasted approximately two weeks. During the course of the trial the government called over 50 witnesses. Crowe is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Krieger on March 19, 2012.

DENVER, CO - December 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Three men were recently sentenced for implementing a mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney John Walsh, FBI Special Agent in Charge James Yacone and IRS Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Sean Sowards announced. U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer sentenced Cedric Lipsey, age 36, of Denver, a licensed real estate agent, to serve 63 months in federal prison. Losses to the mortgage lenders caused by the fraud totaled over $4.2 million. Lipsey was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims of his crime. Judge Brimmer sentenced Philip A. Martinez, age 36, of Denver, a mortgage broker, to serve 50 months in federal prison. Martinez was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims of his crime. And in a separate but related case, Judge Brimmer sentenced licensed appraiser David Vukovinsky, age 49, of Castle Rock, to serve 12 months and one day in prison and pay restitution.

DENVER, CO - November 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gayle Glucksman and Tiffany Glucksman, a top-producing real estate team with the Kentwood Company at Cherry Creek, have been named Five Star Real Estate Agents by Denver’s 5280 Magazine. The Glucksmans and the 2011 list of the area’s outstanding real estate agents were published in the September issue of the popular magazine.

Clark, CO - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Udall announced that preliminary findings are available from a scientific study on the 2010 Fourmile Canyon fire in Boulder County. The U.S. Forest Service report, which was conducted at Udall's request, lays out the factors that influenced the most expensive fire in Colorado history so that our government agencies and homeowners can better prepare for future fire emergencies.

September 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Mark Udall called on Colorado homebuilders to use beetle-killed trees from our forests to build homes, thus clearing local forests of hazardous trees and creating homegrown jobs in the process. At an event showcasing a home built by New Town Builders, a Denver builder of energy-efficient homes that has pledged to use pine-beetle wood in its homes, Udall touted the economic and forest-health benefits to utilizing our state's 4 million acres of dead or dying trees felled by bark beetle that otherwise risk potential wildfire or falling on hikers and powerlines.

EUGENE, OR - September 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial properties can now be searched for quickly and easily on the new website of Shauna Naftel and made possible through the contribution of the amazing IDX, Inc. technology: IDX Broker software. Real estate professionals, like Naftel, have long had access to Multiple Listing Services where they can view thousands of properties. Now, thanks to the IDX solution Naftel has adopted, home seekers of the Littleton, Colorado area gain the same access to the Metrolist MLS (MTOMLS) that was once only privileged to agents and brokers. The Colorado real estate market has forever been changed, since Naftel added IDX Broker to his professional real estate website.

DENVER, Co - August 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Symantha Rodriguez, a leading real estate professional with Kentwood City Properties, is the newest member of Barbara Corcoran’s inner circle, the international real estate network that’s changing the face of the real estate business in the U.S. and abroad. Corcoran is the founder and former owner of New York City’s Corcoran Group and is a regular real estate contributor on The Today Show on NBC

DENVER, CO - July 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HomeSteaders, the auxiliary support group for the non-profit Family HomeStead organization, will host its Fourth Annual LoDo Loft Tour on Sunday, July 24, 2011 from 2-5 p.m. Family HomeStead provides emergency and transitional housing and case management for homeless families with dependent children

DENVER, CO - July 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Denver resident David Joseph Lawless, age 30, was named in a sealed criminal complaint on Monday, June 27th, on charges of arson of a building and other real property and use of a destructive device during and in relation to a crime of violence, the Department of Justice and the Lakewood Police Department announced today.

DENVER, CO - June 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jim Theye, Managing Broker and co-owner of Kentwood City Properties, has earned the Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designation from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Theye is now a member of the CIPS Network, a members-only group within the NAR created specifically for international practitioners.

DENVER, CO - June 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Christine Nicholson, a leading broker associate with Kentwood City Properties, is providing financial support to the Denver Browns Baseball Club, a local organization dedicated to developing amateur baseball players from Little League age and beyond. Nicholson became involved with the Denver Browns last year when she listed a home in the historic Stonemason’s Row section of LoHi where Gino Grasso, founder of the Denver Browns, resided.

DENVER, CO - May 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Many of today’s new residential developments promote the community as the perfect place to “live, work, and play.” This model for master-planned communities is not necessarily a new idea, as leading real estate professionals Bryan and Kris Uhl of Kentwood City Properties discovered in 2002 when they moved to Denver’s historic Crestmoor Park neighborhood.

DENVER, CO - May 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Peter Niederman, Chief Executive Officer of Kentwood Real Estate, Colorado’s Premier Real Estate Company, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of GeoPublishers.com, the premier trade association of the online Geo Publishing industry.

DENVER, CO - April 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Denver area businessman Peter Niederman has purchased the Boulder.com domain name. The Boulder.com website provides comprehensive information about the diverse city and its people, including details on community events, arts and culture, businesses, nightlife and much more. Visitors to Boulder.com can search available real estate, featured homes with convenient maps, and view nearly 50,000 properties currently for sale from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs by using the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) search feature.

DENVER, CO - April 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- It’s an extremely rare property located in one of Denver’s most vibrant areas. Alyssa Jahns, a leading Broker Associate with Kentwood City Properties, has listed a free-standing historic building at 2109-2111 Larimer Street featuring amazing residential and commercial opportunities for an astute buyer or buyers who act promptly.